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Adel Taarabt’s magic does the trick for Neil Warnock

Queens Park Rangers 2 Plymouth Argyle 0

March 10 2010, 12:01am, The Times

Neil Warnock, the Queens Park Rangers manager, admits that he has yet to master the pronunciation of Adel Taarabt’s name. But he already knows the value of the man he calls “Tarbs” to a team who have won both their Coca-Cola Championship matches since Warnock took over eight days ago.

Taarabt — in his second spell at Loftus Road on loan from Tottenham Hotspur — was on the pitch for only 72 minutes last night, but the ovation as he left it told the story of the match.

The Morocco midfield player had opened the scoring from the penalty spot with his sixth goal of the season, provided the assist for Damion Stewart to head the second and been a thorn in the side of…

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